Results of PGTF - Project INT/08/K07

INT/08/K07 - Interactive CD-ROMs on Climate Change for public education among Caribbean audiences

Submitter: Caribbean Council for Science and Technology (CCST), based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Subcontractor: same as above
Priority area: Technical cooperation among developing countries
Participating/beneficiary countries: 12 countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
PGTF input: US$ 36,000
Other inputs: US$ 42,000
Number: INT/08/K07
Duration: Fifteen (15) months
Approval: 31st Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 (New York, 27 September 2007)
Completion: Final report submitted on 4 April 2013
Impact: An educational optical disk (DVD-ROM) was produced and distributed in schools, libraries, youth development centers and environmental bodies in the Caribbean region providing access to and dissemination of knowledge related to climate change through interactive virtual games, hands-on activities, lessons, videos and pictures with an emphasis on its causes, impacts and mitigation measures throughout the Caribbean region.

Contact:   Mrs. Maureen Manchouck, President, NIHERST and Secretary, CCST
Address: 43-45 Woodford Street, Newtown, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: 868-622-7880 / 868-622-2264
Fax: 969-622-1589
Email: mmanchouck @ niherst.gov.tt


Final Report: (Coming soon...)